Setting
Who rules Verona?
Prince (Escalus).
Who is Romeo madly in love with in the very beginning of the play?
Rosaline.
What do Romeo and Juliet plan to do the day after the party and after they met on the balcony?
Get married
Reason Romeo is exiled
For killing Tybalt.
Who dies by drinking poision?
Romeo
Tragedy
Romeo says, “It is the east and Juliet is the sun.” This is an example of
metaphor
Romeo and Juliet first meet here
Capulet's Masquerade Party
Who asks his uncle to kick Romeo out of the Capulet party because he believes he is there to disgrace the family?
Tybalt
Romeo first compares Juliet to this during the balcony scene
The sun.
Lord Capulet allows Romeo to stay at the party because
Romeo has a good reputation in Verona and Lord Capulet is not worried about him. (Will also take: because the Prince just threatened death, so he didn't want to cause a problem)
Who Kills Mercutio?
Tybalt.
Stars are a symbol of what in this play?
Fate
When Juliet calls Romeo, “Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!” this is an example of
oxymoron
City where Romeo goes after being exiled from Verona
Mantua.
Who is always starting fights to preserve the Capulet name? (Juliet's cousin)
Tybalt
If Romeo is serious about his love for Juliet, she says to not swear his love by the moon. Why?
The moon is ever changing, and she doesn't want his love to change.
The messenger is unable to deliver Friar Lawrence's message to Romeo in Mantua because
Balthazar got to Romeo first and told him that Juliet was dead. The messenger got stopped at a house with the plague.
Both the Capulets and the Montagues.
The characters of the Nurse and Mercutio provide the play with moments of a humorous scene to relieve emotional intensity, which is called...
comic relief
Romeo says, “It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night. Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear.” This is an example of
Simile
What is the punishment if the Capulets and Montagues fight again?
Death
Who Performs Romeo and Juliet's marriage
Friar Lawrence.
After Tybalt's death, Nurse tells Juliet to
Marry Paris and forget Romeo
Declares that the Montagues and Capulets are both to blame for the tragedy, declaring "All are punished".
The Prince
Who is the last person to see Juliet before she stabs herself dead?
Friar Lawrence.
Character whose personality or attitude sharply contrasts with those of another character; for example: Benvolio and Tybalt
foil
After the masquerade ball, Tybalt states that he will seek revenge on Romeo. This is an example of
foreshadowing
Who asks Lord Capulet if he may marry Juliet?
Paris.
Who takes care of Juliet while growing up and is like a mother to her?
Nurse
Why did Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
He thought their union would bury their families' strife.
Why was Paris also at the cemetery the night Romeo was there?
To mourn Juliet
Who does Romeo kill in Juliet's tomb?
Paris
When Juliet is waiting for Romeo on her wedding night, she speaks her thoughts alone in her room. This is an example of
soliloquy
Romeo says, “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon.” This is an example of
personification
Why does Romeo decide to go to the Capulet feast even though (being a Montague) he is not invited?
Rosaline, the girl he loves, will be there.
Who discovers Juliet's lifeless body first the morning of her wedding day?
The Nurse
When Paris first asks Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage, Capulet tells him that Juliet is...
too young for marriage.
Runs away at the end of the play as to not get caught screaming, "I dare no longer stay!"
Friar Lawrence
After Tybalt's death, Juliet's father decides what will happen in order to bring the family joy?
Juliet must marry Paris on Thursday
When the play calls Romeo and Juliet "Star-crossed lovers" what does that mean for them?
They are destined to be apart.
When Juliet was crying in her room after Tybalt's death, Lady Capulet tries to comfort her by assuring revenge on Romeo. This is an example of what type of irony?
Dramatic Irony